Developments for improved diagnosis of bacterial bloodstream infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1687-1702

  Loonen, A J M ^a,b,c   Wolffs, P F G ^b   Bruggeman, C A ^b   van den Brule, A J C ^a,c  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DNA ISOLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY TEST; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; TIME;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911004343     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2153-4     Document Type: Review

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